The Archive · 1928

Monroe Doctrine an Obstacle

Implication of U. S. Superiority a Barrier to Goodwill New York, Jan, 10.

Dr. Davila, the Chilean Amb: sador, in the course of an address here to-day, declared that the beief in many parts of Latin-America that the Monroe Doctrine implied of superiority by the United States was a serious barrier to understanding and goodwill, The speaker extolled Senator Elihu Root, who, he said, "has done much to break down the impression that the United States assumed the Fight to exercise a protectorate over Central and South America'

—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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